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PATAKI, John (b. 1931)

Interview ID#
OH 0870
Physician, Holocaust survivor. His experiences during the Holocaust. Childhood in Budapest; family’s practice of Judaism; anti-Semitism before Nazi invasion; anti-Jewish laws in 1930s; Hungarian declaration of war against Soviet Union and formation of Jewish labor battalions, 1941; German occupation of Hungary, 1944; deportations from countryside…
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WHITSON, Warren (b. 1918)

Interview ID#
OH 1926
His life story of living in Denton, TX with his childhood family; going to school; local businesses and community; WWII Veteran experiences; successful businessman—canning company, plastic molding company; marriage and children; Denton Mayor and city government experience.
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MARBY, Dorinda (b. 1947)

Interview ID#
OH 1961
Marby, Dorinda: Various roles: line maintenance, scheduling flight attendants and pilots, to Flight Attendant. The in-flight and ground experiences of Braniff International Airways by Abra Schnur through a collection of former Braniff employee interviews. Interviewees include flight attendants, pilots, ticket agents, ground crew, executives and…
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VEGA, Paola (b. 1991)

Interview ID#
OH 2011
For the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. High school teacher. Her experiences immigrating from Mexico to Carrollton, Texas in the 1990s at the age of three; her parents’ immigration experience; being a Mexican immigrant student in American public schools; learning English; ESL and Bilingual programs; stigma associated with being an…
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FRANCISCO, Donald E. (b. 1942)

Interview ID#
OH 2042
Experiences as a North Texas student (BA, Aquatic Biology, 1964; MA Aquatic Biology/Microbiology, 1966), including involvement in Denton’s civil rights movement, experiences as a PhD student at UNC (Applied Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 1971) and professor at UNC, experiences with water treatment and wastewater treatment.
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CHERUVU, Sunitha (b. 1972)

Interview ID#
OH 2077
For the DFW immigration Oral History Project. India-born immigrant to Frisco, Texas. Childhood and education experiences in Chennai, India; Queens, New York; and West Windsor, New Jersey. Adjusting to life in America as an immigrant; college education at Rutgers University; career with Southwest Airlines. Religious importance of Hindu temples:…
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GHATE, Prabhakar (b. 1933)

Interview ID#
OH 2109

For the South Asians in North Texas Oral History Project. Experiences as an immigrant from India settling in the United States. Childhood in India, decision to pursue higher education in the U.S., his traveling experience as well as the opportunities that he earned that allowed him to immigrate, such as the Fulbright Scholarship and…

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ELLISON, David (b. 1955)

Interview ID#
OH 2136

Our Stories, Our Justice is a participatory storytelling project that centers individuals and their communities in a collective effort to (re)produce oral and visual histories that shine light on a continuum of radical leadership by BIPOC and marginalized women.

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AGNICH, Fred (b. 1913)

Interview ID#
OH 0492
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Relationship with Governor William Clements; appropriations; tax relief; Peveto bill; consumer legislation; “Killer Bees”; split primary.
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ANDERSON, G. Marguerite (b. 1916)

Interview ID#
OH 0900
Librarian. Her experiences as a student at the library school at the Texas State College for Women and as a librarian. Early exposure to books and libraries; enrollment at the Texas State College for Women, 1940; comments about her college teachers and library science courses; employment as a student at the college library; college social life;…
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AYER, Hugh M. (b. 1924)

Interview ID#
OH 1223
College professor and administrator. His experiences as a member of FRUPAC (Fleet Radio Unit, Pacific) and the interception of Japanese naval codes in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Upbringing on a Kentucky tobacco farm; education; boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, 1943; training as a naval radio operator, University of…
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BATEMAN, John I. (b. 1911)

Interview ID#
OH 0959
His recollections concerning the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining near Murfreesboro, Arkansas, 1930-50.
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BIBI, Rula Walid (b. 1962)

Interview ID#
OH 1744
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Palestinian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. Family history and childhood in Kuwait City; discrimination of Palestinians in the Middle East; first impressions of U.S.; education at the University of Kuwait and Midwestern State University; family experiences during the First Gulf War and…
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BOTT, Wesley (b. 1917)

Interview ID#
OH 0399
His experiences at Kaneohe Naval Air Station with the guard detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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BRINKER, Norman (b. 1931)

Interview ID#
OHB 0002
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Restaurateur. Impact of his family, the military, education, sports, and early business experience upon his personal development and philosophy of management; founding his first company; entry into food business with Jack-in-the-Box; starting a coffee shop (Brink’s); founding of Steak and Ale; growth and expansion into other states; partnership…
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BUMGARNER, John R. (b. 1912)

Interview ID#
OH 1073
Physician. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese following the fall of the Philippines in World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1944-45; liberation.
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CANBY, Louise Pearsall (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 1163
Her experiences as a member of the WAVES during World War II. Youth and education in Elgin, Illinois; effects of Great Depression on Elgin and her family; community attitudes toward roles of women; high school education at Elgin Academy; brief college career at Bradley University and the University of Iowa; actuarial work in Chicago; bookkeeping…
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CHENNAULT, James R. (b. 1915)

Interview ID#
OH 0972
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Mississippi; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp near Natchez, Mississippi; description of camp; life in camp.
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COFFEY, William (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 1150
His experiences while aboard the submarines USS S-42 and USS Sterlet in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pre-war duty aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma, 1937-41; Japanese air raid at Cavite Naval Base, Philippines, 1941; his responsibilities as a cook; assignment to the S-41, 1942; various patrols off the Aleutian Islands, 1943; transfer…
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COYLE, Strimple C. (b. 1920)

Interview ID#
OH 1025
His experiences at Ewa Field with VMF-211 (Marine Fighter Squadron 211) during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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CURRY, O. J. (b. 1904)

Interview ID#
OHB 0036
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Emeritus dean, College of Business Administration, University of North Texas. Family background; teaching and retail work experiences; doctoral work at University of Michigan; employment with National Bureau of Economic Research; experiences on faculty at University of Arkansas; comments on Depression; experiences on faculty at Wharton School,…
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DE CORDOVA, Frances (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0860
College professor. Her experiences concerning the development of the Library School at Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, 1940-70; her personal career in library science.
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DONSKY, Nathan (b. 1906)

Interview ID#
OHB 0073
Founder and owner, Nathan’s Jewelers, San Angelo, Texas; and co-owner of Sterling Jewelry & Distributing Company, Dallas and Houston, Texas. Family background; description of fire at Gardner Park, Dallas; employment as secretary for Dallas lawyer Alvin M. Owsley; establishment of Ray Don concessions, San Angelo, 1928; employment in dry goods…
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EDMISTON, Vick (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 1523
Truck driver. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Oklahoma and Colorado; joining the CCC; assignment to camps in Sentinel, Oklahoma and Saratoga, Wyoming; description of camps; life in camps.
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EVANS, Louise (b. 1919)

Interview ID#
OH 0853
Librarian. Her experiences concerning the development of the University Library and the Library Service Department at the North Texas State College and North Texas State University, 1939-75.
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